Opera addicts can get their first fix of the year when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is staged at Guadalajara’s Teatro Degollado next weekend.

As part of the International Mariachi Festival 2011, dancers in Guadalajara set the Guinness record for the or the largest folk dance performance in the world last week.

Fresh from their vibrant appearance at the Teatro Diana this week, the Georgian National Ballet will give a free show at the Plaza del Bicentenario (Periferico y Parres Arias) on Sunday, September 11, 6 p.m.

The performance is being sponsored by Zapopan city hall.

Make sure to check the skies before you leave. Last weekend’s concert by the Vienna Boy’s Choir was affected by rain – and malfunctioning equipment – although the crowd of some 800 gave the young singers a standing ovation.

Following a successful season in Puerto Vallarta and a one-off performance at the city’s Teatro Diana, the popular Fandango theater show has arrived for good in the Guadalajara suburb of Santa Anita.

The New York Metropolitan Opera’s 2011-12 season of live Saturday midday transmissions starts October 15 at Guadalajara’s Teatro Diana. The sixth season features 11 live HD broadcasts. Tickets run from 80 to 275 pesos. You can buy a season ticket for all 11 shows (including five in 2012) and pay for ten. For purchasing information see the box to the left.

Here is a list of the six operas scheduled in 2011.

Film fans south of the border are eagerly awaiting the debut feature of director Tom Gustafson, “Mariachi Gringo,” which stars Shawn Ashmore (he played Iceman in two X-Men movies), Martha Higareda and Kate Burton.